نویسنده
Unknown
تاریخ انتشار
1850
محل انتشار
Egypt (made) -
موضوع
Jewellery Africa Metalwork
نوع
دیگر
زبان
نامشخص
دیجیتال
بله
نسخه خطی
خیر
ابعاد فیزیکی
Diameter: 2.8cm
کتابخانه
Victoria and Albert Museum
شناسه دارایی کتابخانه
270&A-1904
شماره ثبت
270&A-1904
محل کتابخانه
Middle East Section
تاریخ
1850
یادداشتها
Earrings, in a wide variety of designs, were worn by women throughout the Islamic world. Plain heavy silver ones, like these, are typical of the traditional jewellery worn by the nomadic peoples of the Sahara. The polyhedral end, made from a cube with the corners cut off, is often found on bracelets and anklets as well as earrings, and is one of the most distinctive aspects of the jewellery worn on the southern edges of the Sahara, from the Red Sea to the Atlantic. These were described as âModern Egyptianâ when they were acquired by the Museum in 1904, and probably come from the extreme south of the country or the Sudan. The cotton cord which links them together, originally red according to the acquisitions register, is a very rare survival, and shows how they would have been worn.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Cast silver linked by brown cotton thread Silver Cotton
Parçalar
Earring, Earring
Fiziksel açıklama
Pair of plain silver hoop earrings linked to each other by cotton cord. Each earring is made from a strip of thick silver wire with one plain end, and one made from a cube with the corners cut off. The three outer faces of the cube are each decorated with a stamped quatrefoil. The two earrings are joined together by a bunch of brown cotton threads which are wrapped tightly round each earring and then loosely knotted together.
